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White & Case revenue nears $3bn as PEP jumps 12.7%

Top 10 US firm reverses 2022’s revenue and profit falls despite subdued global M&A market

13 Mar 2024

Kirkland secures London capital markets partner from Allen & Overy

Marwa Elborai jumps to Chicago giant having joined A&O in 2022 from merger partner Shearman

12 Mar 2024

Kirkland, Latham shepherd EQT’s $35bn Equitrans gas merger

Last year’s top M&A firms lead as flurry of US oil and gas dealmaking continues

12 Mar 2024

Skadden adds funds trio in London from Debevoise

Delphine Jaugey joins as head of secondaries for Europe alongside pair of associates

12 Mar 2024

Weil adds SEC veteran to private funds practice in Washington DC

Christopher Mulligan joins after more than a decade at the agency amid a string of lateral partner hires in the US capital

11 Mar 2024

Linklaters, Slaughters lead on Mondi’s £5bn DS Smith bid

Linklaters acts for Mondi in deal to create £10bn packaging giant as global M&A surges after 2023’s slump

11 Mar 2024

‘You must not turn a blind eye to wrongdoing’ – SRA consults on new guidance for in-house lawyers

England and Wales solicitors’ regulator cites example of Post Office scandal in call for feedback on resources covering areas including reporting wrongdoing by an employer

8 Mar 2024

The UK law firm with higher median pay for women

Wright Hassall reduces pay gap in four years from more than 40% to -22%

8 Mar 2024

Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May lead on Nationwide’s proposed £2.9bn Virgin Money bid

Slaughters advises Nationwide on deal to create UK’s second-largest savings and mortgage provider as CC reps Virgin Money

7 Mar 2024

Former DPP reported by Whitehall appointments watchdog over King & Spalding role

Max Hill rejects accusation he ‘blatantly’ disregarded vetting process before taking consultancy role at US firm

7 Mar 2024

Greenberg Traurig adds King & Wood Mallesons partner to co-head Singapore office

Jake Robson adds M&A expertise to office launched last year with energy and infrastructure team

6 Mar 2024

DLA Piper appoints Labour peer Lord Blunkett to global government affairs team

Labour politician joins to advise on public policy as firm cites aim to appoint advisors from across the political spectrum

5 Mar 2024

London partner moves for January, February second highest on record

Promise of resugence in private equity-led dealmaking fuels red hot recruitment market, according to research by Edwards Gibson

5 Mar 2024

Freshfields continues US hiring drive with addition of two Latham private capital partners

Duo join in New York as global co-head of private capital and head of US private capital respectively

4 Mar 2024

Fenwick Elliott forms construction and energy law alliance in Latin America

London-headquartered firm partners with Chile’s 20-lawyer Molina Ríos as regional construction market forecast to reach $840bn by 2029

4 Mar 2024

Leadership announced for A&O Shearman

Allen & Overy interim managing partner Khalid Garousha named senior partner of soon-to-be firm

1 Mar 2024

Greenberg Traurig sets revenue record for 10th straight year as turnover hits $2.3bn

US firm grows revenue 6% and promotes 38 to shareholder, with women making up just over a third of the cohort

1 Mar 2024

DLA Piper signs up Pinsent Masons’ London office head

Andrew Sackey joins DLA Piper’s corporate crime and investigations team

29 Feb 2024

Norton Rose Fulbright adds Orrick public finance duo in New York

Alison Radecki joins as UK firm’s third NY partner lateral this year alongside senior counsel Helen Pennock

29 Feb 2024

DLA Piper adds trio of energy partners in London

Trio from Paul Hastings and Brown Rudnick bring M&A, finance and private equity transactions expertise

28 Feb 2024